Apparel-buckle



A. H. KERNGOOD.

APPAREL BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11. 1919.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

, L NITEJ.) STATES ALLElNKHERMAN KnnNGoon, OF'IBALTIMORE, MARYLAND, assIGNon 'ro A Mail n EACTURING COMPANY or BALTIMQRE, oEBAL'rIM-onn, MARYL ND, A ooarona rion or MARYLAND.- 1 w ArrAnEL- UckLEL Specification of Letters Patent. Patented" Mar. 9,1920.

Application filed November 17, 1919. SEIiaI'NO. 338,433. 7

T) all whom. it may concern: f j v Be it anown that 1, Annex HERMAN lxnun coon, a citizen of theUnlted States, reslding atBaltimore, intheState ofMaryland,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lipparel Buckles, "of which the following a full, clear, andexactdescription.

The object of the invention'is to furnish a relatively fiat buckle for use especially upon vests, trousers and other wearing apparel, which is, together with other ad vantages, devoid of unsightly and obtrusive projections when in use.

The invention consistsof a buckle having a frame made of sheet metal, preferably, steel, of such construction that the tonguepivoting-means will not extend beyond the face or back planes of the frame; the tongue preferably being of the so-called cowhorns variety, that is, of conventional staple or U-form, and pivotally mounted upon and secured to an intermediate crossbar centrally depressed to afford a seat for the tongue, as I will proceed to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrat ing my invention, in the several figures of which like parts are snmlarly deslgnated,

Figure 1 isa top plan view also showing the lugs in dotted lines as they would-appear before being closed over the tongue. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4 is aside elevation. Fig. 5 is a section on line C D, and Fig. 6 is a section on line E F of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 also is a section on line E F of Fig. 1 showing the tongue raised and held against further backward movement.

' The frame is composed of similar concavo-convex side-bars 1; concavo-convex end bars 3 and 4., which last has its inner portion extended inwardly substantially parallel with the level of the frame to forma lip 5 to receive the tips of the prongs of the tongue, and an intermediate substantially central cross-bar 6 springing from the inner 7 portions of the end-bars 1 and having a substantially central depression 7 to receive the tongue and provided with the lugs 8 and 9, preferablyof unequal length, extending r spectively forwardly and rearwardly as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 and adapted to be bent over the tongue to form a. hinge knuckle' to pivot-ally securethe tongue toithe cro'ss-bar in the depressdfseat 7 pro'vided'therein for it; I

The cross-bar 6 has-lts ends 10 madeconcavo-convex to strengthen it and preserve "the symmetry of the" frame, and the central ClGPiQSSlOIi' 7 1s reversely curved" to receive the head of the tongue', or -1t be substantially fiat. This central depression has-the shoulders -11 connecting itwith the=- ends 10 and these shoulders aid in fixedly locating vthetongue and prevent its undue sidewise motion. The rearwardedge of the depression 7 extends upwardly -adjacentfto the shoulders- 11" to form stops-12 which limit the backward movement of the tongue, as

indicated in Fig. 7, and so prevent the an-' noyance due to the tongue turning entirely shown.

The head of the tongue is placed inthe depression in the cross-bar with the prongs extending toward the lip 5, and the lugs 8 and 9 are closed over the head as shown in full lines Fig. 1 and in'Fig. 5. The hinge portion of the tongue and the cross-bar itself thus lie Wholly within the front and back planes of the frame, without projection beyond them in either direction, so that there is no unsightly or obstructive or obtrusive projection, and a flatness and symmetry-of the buckle is obtained. The depression in the cross-bar beneath the lugs and the shoulders on both sides of them serve to hold the tongue in position, limiting it to the space especially provided for it and preventing it from riding in either direction along the cross-bar. The lugs are sufiiciently strong to hold the tongue in position and being narrower than the length of the head allow the tongue to be readily moved without binding; and the tongue may be readily and freely moved to effect penetration of the strap and when closed the tips of its prongs will lie upon the lip 5, but the tongue cannot fall backward toward the rear end bar because arrested by the stops 12. I Variations in the details of construction are permissible within the principle of the invention and the scope of the claims following.

\Vhat I claim is 1. An apparel buckle, having a frame pro vided with a substantially central cross-bar having a. centraldepression arranged wholly Within the front and rear planes of the frame and constructed with front and rear lugs, and a tongue having its head located in said depression and engaged by the lugs.

2. An apparel buckle, having a frame provided with a substantially central cross-bar having a central depression arranged wholly within the front and rear planes of the frame and constructed with front and rear lugs, and laterally disposed shoulders, and a tongue having its head located in said depression and engaged by'the lugs.

3. An apparel buckle, having a frame provided with concave-convex side-bars and end-bars and a cross-bar springing from the sidebars and having a central laterally shouldered depression and front and rear lugs on the edges of such depression, and a staple-shaped tongue having its head arranged in said depression between its shoulders and embraced by thelugs. V

4-. An apparel buckle, having a frame provided with concave-convex sidebars and end-bars and a cross-bar springing from the side bars and having a central laterally shouldered depression provided with stops at its rear adjacentto said shoulders, and front and rear lugs on the edges of such depression, and a staple-shaped tongue having its head arranged in said depression between its shoulders and embraced by the lugs In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of November, A. D., 191 9. 7

-ALLEN HERMAN KERNGOOD.

WVitness es:

PHILIP F. LARNER, WM. H. FINCKEL.

It is hereby certified that the assignee in Letters Patent No. 1,333,260, granted March 9, 1920, uponthe application'of Allen Herman Kerngood, of Baltimore, Maryland, for an improvement in Apparel-Buckles, Was, erroneously described and specified as Alma Manufacturing Company of Baltimore, of Baltimore, Maryland, Whereas said assignee should have been described and specified as Alma Manufacturing Company of Baltimore City, of Baltimore, Maryland, as shown by the record of assignments in this oflice; in the printed specification, page 1, line 85, for the word conecting read connecting; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 30th day of March, A, 1)., 1920.

M. H. COULSTON, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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